Bringing sunshine

Jack Warner – blaming years of "vindictive", "unholy", "dirty" press smears for forcing his resignation as a Trinidad MP. Jack told supporters he plans to win his seat back by reshaping the media landscape. "Truth, when crushed to the ground, will always rise … A new weekly newspaper shall be launched – Sunshine Newspaper – bringing new hope to your lives."

Tranquility

Also moving on: Paraguay's Nicolás Leoz, resigning from all Fifa roles, and attacking press lies for undermining him. "I'm retiring with the tranquility and knowledge of having done a sincere, honest job … I've not stolen so much as a cent."

(January: Leoz - named in court in 2008 for receiving bribes in Fifa's ISL scandal - says German press allegations that he also took a bribe to vote for Qatar 2022 were a sign of media obsession. "A while ago the press in England were at it, now the German press do it. I don't know. What is it that drives these people?")

Also managing the press

Romania: Gloria Bistrita coach Nicolae Manea, reacting to interview requests after a 5-0 home defeat by kicking the club's press officer, throttling him, then telling a local reporter: "Get out of here, or I'll snap your tendons." Manea: "It was a nervous reaction."

• Manea's previous best: October 2012 – explaining why he had "no regrets" about throwing a stretcher at a referee. "I was quite restrained. I wanted to beat him, to trample him, to go down in history. After the game he told me it was 'just human error'. Hell!"

Other news: war on racism

2012: Levski Sofia say their fans' racial abuse of one of their own players was "a misunderstanding … we are certain that skin colour does not interest our fans". 2013: Levski fined €20k after fans displayed a "happy birthday Hitler" banner, plus swastikas.

Schadenfreude news

Germany: Bayern CEO Uli Hoeness - facing tax evasion allegations, a week after he told World Soccerabout the importance of financial fair play. Hoeness said he hoped Uefa used the rules to "kill clubs" who fail to conform, and praised sanctions already taken against Málaga. "The Málaga owner did not pay his bills. He lived beyond his means."

Democracy in action

One to watch this week: The Asian Football Confederation presidential election – marking a "new era of transparency and democracy" – with Bahraini royal Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa feeling "very confident". Sheikh Salman says the idea that Bahrain's arrest and torture of three pro-democracy footballers in 2011 would taint his victory is unwarranted. "I vehemently deny all allegations."

Token value

New last week from Uefa: strict rules imposed on countries bidding to host games at Euro 2020 to stop them trying to bribe voters with gifts – except for "non-cash gifts with only a token value, not exceeding £200, as a mark of respect and friendship".

Loulou news

France: Troubling Montpellier president Louis "Loulou" Nicollin last week: comments from Saint-Etienne's François Clerc about his old club. Loulou: "He's a sycophantic gobshite." Clerc: "He's always insulting people, but I'm a little surprised by this. I've never even met him."

Spat of the week

Brazil: São Paulo director Adalberto Baptista, denying poaching youth players from Vasco da Gama. Baptista said boys only left Vasco because "it's unclean … no hygiene, no loo paper, no seats on the toilets, and open sewers." Vasco director René Simões: "That's just low and vulgar."

Discipline news

Brazil: São Vicente, appealing against the fine imposed last month after director Marcos Martiniano stopped a penalty being taken against his side by sitting on the penalty spot. Martiniano, removed after a 14 minute delay, said the referee provoked him to invade the pitch. "He made my cauldron boil over."

Lesson learned

Italy: Lower league side Scardovari's Manuel Andreello on what he learned from being fined €200 for writing about a referee on Facebook: "You are a cuckold referee, piece of shit! I hardly said anything rude to you. Imbecile, you die." Andreello: "I'll change my privacy settings."

Raffle of the week

Brazil: Beto, spokesman for Series A-2 Campeonato Gaúcho club Santo Angelo, on why the club raffled a live sheep at half-time. "We needed the money, and the sheep was there. Next week it's a barrel of beer, and maybe a bike."

Plus: mistake of the week

Italy: Agent Francesco Nicolato, reacting after his client, Lecce's Ousmane Dramé, was accused of refusing to pay a prostitute, stealing her handbag, trying to escape on a bike then fighting her transsexual friend who had chased him down. "It was foolish from the boy. All I hope is that one mistake won't tarnish his whole career."